r Written especially, lor "The Pet«r« warier Times" by S.-Majer B. A.. :. Clarke. CHAPTER 18. ' At about 12.30, when theanchorage seemed, most peaceful, a Jiuge volume of water rose' up close Amidships, and , even'as we watched her masts >and A funnels could be seen slowly but ? surely leaning, more and. more to port, and we knew that our staunch ally had been torpedoed by one. of the enemy's submarines. Within five minutes her.sloping decks were plain ly visible, and. the sight of well-nigh 800 white.-clad sailors standing in ^regular lines on deck showed the spirit of the British Tar. From all sides destroyers rushed to the Triumph's assistance, while the steam blowing off and escaping froni various points showed that thcfiremen and engineers were raking out the fires to lessen the danger of an explosion. With destroy ers standing in to within 30 yards, rope ladders were thrown over, and slowly, it seemed to us, those wait ing lines became shorter. From the ?shore a Turkish bat...

- PEACE CELEBRATfONS. The Commonwealth Government are ar ranging for the distribution of a Peace Medal to celebrate the Signing of Peace to all children between the ages of 0 and 15 years of age, and to" children of Sailors and Sol diers between 0 and 16 years of age. MAYORS OF-.TOWNS AND CHAIRMEN OP DISTRICT COUNCILS are asked to advise the Hon. Secretary of the Commonwealth Peace Celebrations Committee (Mr. A. J. Riley, 23 Waymouth Street, Ade laide) not later than Saturday, June 7, 1919, the estimated number of medals that would be required for their respective Corporations or District Councils, to be issued to children as follows:-(a) Number of children not attending public or private schools between the ages of 0 and H. (b) Number of children attending public schools between the ages of 0 and 15 years (14 last birthday).e (c) Number of vchildren of Sailors and Soldiers between 0 and 1C years of age. (d) Number of children attending private schools between the age of 0 and 15 ye...

^st,"3^4k^Sces&amp;lt;ktJtSie iugitiy^"tfemvo s thesocial favourite ana frequenter ol s;',::;,r' ->C-i His ^case was euinm^rily disposed -ofvBndbeforethejnonth'liadrun its souraeiie w$s on his way i>ack to the mines of .-Kara. heavily ironed and ?'i ^Sauai^^i^ v% - ®D&amp;;,; was tibarged .-!' merely^ with bSng. an escaped convict. Not ihe sligfefcest rumour connected Sim - with iKbe. assassination of Bul ; sarin and .Inspector Sumaroff. The credit-of hiB capture Was given to Captain BaranoB and the cashier of *. die Imperial Bank, who, in due'time, ? shared the' reward '. of ten thousand roubles. , \ Maxime Valadon and his employers succeeded in keeping their'names en tirely put of the afiair.' Secrecy was sow of more importance than ever, rhey. had lost the first mpve in the -jame, hiit they were determined to pusli. to the full extent of the'r. power the investigations that hau previously failed. The detective pro fessed to be still Banguine of success, but Cranbroo...

RAILWAY STATION AT OODLA WIRRA BURNT TO THE GROUND. A fire broke out at the Oodla Wir-' ra railway station on Wednesday morning, and the building, which is constructed of weatherboard through out, and measured about 12 x 30 ft, was burnt to the ground, not a single thing being saved. From information we have been able to gather it ap pears that Porter B. T. Sheenan was - on duty during the night, and. at about 1.50 a.m. rode the railway bicycle to the, down signal^" about 300 yards away, ..to set the signal for- the ex press from Broken Hill. As he was returning he heard 4 crackling noise, and, saw that the'.office was on fire. When he reached the station he no ticed^the blaze was in the corner on ' soutfi side next to the railway line, ? where a lighted, kerosene lamp -was standing. Porter Sheenan got buckets .. of water and threw on the. fire,4 bat : .it had got such a good start that it was impossible for one man. to check the flatoaip.:: The, station master .p.' F. Woolcock) Rei...

Br -WILLIAM MUBRAT GRAYDON, Author of "Vera Sttamarin." "The t t House of OrfanoS, " &amp;c. . : - PART lO. "There goes our lastliope,"-he ex - claimed, "Weare ljOBt,Pu8hki*. But Ifarget-thatyoa are free. Save your self While you can.1' "No," replied Pushkin, "I refuse liberty on such terms. We will es . cap*-together, or not at all. ; This is a serious thing, though, lie bayonet as useleeB,and even were it whole I ^ den't believe I could /break your chains and Trolov's." ' At that moment Trolov paused by the door, and noted the despondent - attitude of his companions. "What is wrong ?" he demanded. . "Do you know that you^are lOBing precious time ?" v . Pushkin briefly explained. "Well, it is serious enough," ad mitted Trolov, "but it night be w«M,' What is to "hinder ?5 from essapinif with our barrows ?" '? "Impossible '" replied Pushkin. "In the first place we should be compell ed to dig a great hole through to the other mi«e-so large' that we could . riot All it in skilfully...

YONGALA DISTRICT COUNCIL. Special monthly meeting, held pn May 24. Present: Crs. P. J. Kerin (chair), J. Jamieson. R. Cram, D. T. Robinson. A. Torrand, the Clerk (T. 11. liormann). Minutes of previous and committee meetings read and confirmed. The Ck-rk apologized for the absence of Cr. Mciveough. The Chairman ex plained reason for calling special meeting, so as to enable them to give the necessary notice for the nomina tion of candidates for forthcoming election. The Clerk reported that the following councillors retired by the effluxion of time: P.J. Kerin, Yongaja Ward; 13. T. Robinson. Mannanarie Ward: T. McKeough. Morgan Ward; also Mr. P. Gleeson as auditor. Mr. F. if. Bormann was appointed returning officer to conduct the forthcoming elections. The Chairman reported that with councillors tor Mannanarie Ward. Cr. Cram, and the Clerk,, he had inspected roads to. lay out work on which it was intended to_ expend gilt of money for returned soldiers. The Clerk's report showed^-receip...

PETERBOROUGH HOSPITAL, At the Town Hall, on Tuesday night a concert was held in" aid of the proposed Hospital funds. About £14 was taker) at the' doors.' The follow ing contributed to tfie# musical pro gramme:-Mrs. L. j. Gluyas. Messrs. C. A. Bradiev, P. Madsden, V; Miller, L. j. Gluyas, W. Choat. E|. F. Do'dd, -M. Brauer, and M- Shields, Masters Len Taylor and D. Potter. The Fede ral Band,.under the conductorship of Mr. L. J. Gluyas, rendered several items outside the hall, and also played two overtures in the hall. After the concert a dance was held, for which Mr. C. A. Bradley acted as M.C., and Miss Ivy Potter supplied the music, £4. was taken for the dance. Mr. S. W. Dickson was the hon. secretary, i On Tuesday arternon a football match was played on the Show Grounds between a team from James town aod a combined team from the local clubs. The attendance was good, and a collection for the fund for the Hospital resulted in about Jt5 being donated. The local team won by 10 goals 1...

"HEARTS OF THE WORLD." The climax of "Hearts of,'the World," to be screened in all its reality at Peterborough on Thursday. 12th, by Messrs. J. C. Williamson, Ltd., is even more thrilling than "The Birth "of a Nation,produced by David W:ark Griffith, recognized as the master pro ducer of the world. It is an epic of the great war, epitomizing in the lives of a handful of people the na tional tragedy of beloved France, an engrossing comedy drama, a love story surprising in its sweetness. Much is expected of a Griffith produc tion. and, in "'Hearts of the World'' much is given. Under the auspices of the British and French Governments unique opportunities were given to make the filming of troops iYi action authentic, and advantage of this was taken to the fullest extent, most of the scenes being taken 011 -tire actual battlefields of France. There are panoramas which seemingly stretch for aniles, antf include within the scope of the lens thousands, of soldiers charging or retreating acV...

WELCOME HOME. ' ' At the Town Hall, on1 Thursday night, a welcomte home was given to 11 returned soldiers^ and sailors. They were Captain (Dr.)'-A. Goode, Sergt. Major Oliver, Sergt. L. Zenkner, War rant Officer T. Ryan, Corpl. H. O. Hedley, Driver - ConTin, Munition Worker W. .Day, Trooper J. Mclner ney.Pte.- Lock, arid Able Seamen Dedman and "Blenvquist. -The hall was crowded to the doors. The Pre sident of the Cheer-Up Society (Mr. R/A. Boehme) presided: The singing .of the National Anthem opened the proceedings.. -The Chairman extended a very hearty welcome home to the men, and referred to the services of 1 each. The Mayor (Mr. S. D. Jones), oa behalf of the citizens, supported the remarks of the chairman, and de livered an appropriate address; Other speakers:. were the Rev. A. H. Mel bourne, ^Crs. S. W. Dickson, J. W. "Bowering, and AT E.JLock (President of the Sailors' and Soldiers' Associa tion), and Mr. Schedlich (President of the Returned Soldiers' Association). Musical ite...